Dairy Ingredients for Food Processing

Table 16.8.

Nutrient content of 100

g of process cheese and process cheese products used as ingredients.

Nutrients and units

Pasteurized

process American

cheese *

Pasteurized

process American cheese, low - fat

Pasteurized

process American

cheese food *

Pasteurized

process American cheese spread *

Cheese sauce

Cold pack American cheese food

National Database no.

01042

43275

01149

01150

01164

01045

Weight, g

100

100

100

100

100

100

% Moisture

39.16

58.90

43.15

47.65

66.86

43.12

Energy, kcal

375

180

328

290

197

331

Energy, kJ

1571

753

1373

1215

824

1386

Protein, g

22.15

24.60

19.61

16.41

10.33

19.66

Fat, g

31.25

7.00

24.60

21.23

14.92

24.46

Saturated fatty acids, g

19.694

4.410

15.443

13.327

8.034

15.355

Monounsaturated fatty acids, g

8.951

2.005

7.206

6.219

4.735

7.165

Polyunsaturated fatty acids, g

0.990

0.222

0.723

0.634

1.397

0.719

Cholesterol, mg

94

35

64

55

38

64

Carbohydrate, g

1.60

3.50

7.29

5.48

8.32

Dietary fi

ber, g

0

0

0

0

0

0

Calcium, mg

552

684

574

562

311

497

Iron, mg

0.19

0.43

0.84

0.33

0.35

0.84

Magnesium, mg

27

24

31

29

19

30

Phosphorus, mg

513

827

754

875

229

400

Potassium, mg

169

180

279

242

142

363

Sodium, mg

1489

1430

1596

1625

493

966

Zinc, mg

2.84

3.32

2.99

2.59

1.26

3.01

Copper, mg

0.016

0.033

0.030

0.033

0.019

0.030

Manganese, mg

0.008

NA

0.010

0.020

0.040

0.010

Selenium,

μ g

14.4

16.6

16.0

11.3

6.6

16.2

Vitamin C, mg

0

0

0

0

0.6

0

Thiamin, mg

0.027

0.030

0.029

0.048

0.044

0.030

Ribofl

avin, mg

0.353

0.390

0.442

0.431

0.243

0.446

Niacin, mg

0.069

0.080

0.140

0.131

0.204

0.074

396